Animal Instincts

Author's Note: For one I couldn't find any spells that cause partial animal transformations. I'm sure there are some, but I don't know them. However, I do know that the Homorohus spell is Lockhart's 'Werewolf cure.' I changed it to mean it turned a person into a partial wolf. This is AU and fanfiction, and it had to be done. Please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong (i.e. using 'there' instead of 'their' or any incorrections of the Harry Potter world) and how to correct it. Also I know this chapter is short, I'm trying to make them all longer.

Also I tried my best with Oliver's accent. If nothing else, it might make you laugh.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, J.K. Rowling does.

Chapter 1

Olliver ran his hands through his wet hair. He knew that it was cowardly to hide out in the locker room, but he just couldn't bring himself to care. It was his last year, he had to do good in the Quidditch Cup to be able to go professional!

Olliver sighed as he turned off the water and grabbed a towel. He'd better go make sure that Harry was okay.

"Ollie"
"We know"
"You're in"
"Here," and there were the twins making sure he didn't do anything drastic.

"Hey guys, dorn't worry, Ah was jist gonnae see Harry," Oliver told them as he pulled on his shirt.

"Well what are we waiting on?" said the one Oliver guessed was George.

"Put on your robes and lets go!" finished Fred.

Oliver grabbed his robes and they left the locker room. Already he felt less mad and more quilty. It was his fault that Harry was in the hospital. Hadn't he said last year, "Catch the snitch or die trying?" Plus he was always pushing his team. And he'd been stressing the importance of winning the Quidditch Cup for as long as he could remember. Harry could be in the common room with his friends if not for Oliver.

"What's the matter Ollie?"
"You look like you've seen a ghost?"

"Ah jist realized 'at I'l hae tae face Hermione," Oliver said horrified.

Hermione, Ron, and Ginny's friend Luna were sitting on the beds around Harry's. Luna was definitely different, but Harry thought she'd fit in well with them. She seemed to have a nice personality, if a bit dreamy. Except for maybe with Hermione, who didn't seem to like Luna just for Luna's crazy ideas. Harry had a feeling that Hermione and Luna could be pretty good friends once they got over their differences.

Right now Ginny was in the hall talking with one of her other friends that had walked by. Harry thought she seemed kind of distracted by something. He hoped after last year that it wasn't anything serious.

Harry had also been visited by almost the whole Gryfindor team when he first woke up. They's seemed sad to lose but optimistic about the Quidditch Cup. The only one who hadn't been there was Oliver. He looked up to see the Twins leading Oliver into the room. Speak-of-the-devil!

As soon as Hermione and Ron saw Oliver, they jumped up.

"What do you think you're doing here?" Hermione whispered heatedly.

"After what you told Harry, he's still beating himself up," Ron said, Harry mentally compared him to a mother hen.

"Then he's injured-"

"And he lost his broom!"

"Hold up you two," Fred interrupted.

At that moment three things.

Firstly Cedric Diggory and his friend, Alex Shale, walked in. The two had probably come to apologize again (Alex was beater for the Hufflepuff's). Cedric really felt bad about what happened with the match.

Secondly Madame Pomfrey walked out of her office with a tray of potions. She had planned to give them to Theodore Nott who had been brought in earlier by Draco Malfoy. Luckily for everyone, Draco had left earlier.

Thirdly, Hermione and Ron both tried to curse Oliver. Hermione used Homorphus and Ron used Locomoter Mortis. Hermione's curse was supposed to turn Oliver into a partial wolf. Ron's jinx was supposed to lock Oliver's legs together.

Unfortunately the two spells collided with the tray in a display of lights. Madame Pomfrey had her wand out and was able to cast a shield on herself, but none of the others. The potion splashed on everyone else, even the one behind the screeens. Harry later was said to have remembered a sharp pain before the darkness consumed them.

Author's Note: So that was it. Please review. I think I'd even take flames, though they would NOT be appreciated.